Chapter 23

"Why should you sacrifice us for what's called Carl!"
"This isn't a sacrifice, I just don't want to get someone's blood on my hands," he walked, letting her talk to herself.
"Master, do you know where Irene is?" Eric asked in the middle of a lesson.
Nicholas looked at him and then quickly scrolled through his book and stretched it toward Eric. Eric looked at the sentence marked on it.
[Don't let anyone influence your decisions, when you make a decision just go ahead and don't care who disagrees with you, even if you make a mistake you won't blame anyone for your actions, only you will be happy or hurt in the end]
"Your brother is now in the midst of this lesson, Eric, do you have what you are so confused about to make up your mind at last?"
Eric raised his head toward his teacher.
Eric nodded, he doesn't remember having stopped on an issue, he just does what he throws at himself! Was there something Irene was doing?
"Professor, why don't you reassure my father when you know where he is?"
Nicholas said nothing and returned so abruptly to the lesson that Eric didn't even get it at first until Nicholas alerted him to focus.
"Sorry, I've been interrupting you so much, Mr. Albert, I hate to admit it, but I need you." Thomas said quietly in.
Nicholas closed his book and looked at Eric
"Read from page 650 to 712 and when I come back you will explain it to me." Then he stretched the book toward Eric3
"Dad, this is because of you!" He said it spontaneously while Nicholas went out with Thomas..5
Despite that friendship that is gone and between them, the formal return between them and the drought, this does not prevent Nicholas from helping his old friend, nor does it prevent Thomas from asking for help in what he thinks Nicholas can solve.
Finally, they were alone in Thomas' office.
"Nicholas Albert, the kidnapper is asking me to kill Karl in exchange for Irina's return! What do you say?"
Not a single person was at ease here.
T

he Snake, as Carl calls it, counts the minutes and seconds since her two babies, Irene and Irina, are away from her.
Eric, who did not get into trouble as much as the rest, and the reason is of course that he is far from Carl in the first place, and his simple problem at the hands of X did not affect him at all, and perhaps it was because he is a brother to Carl, but as long as he hates him and the relationship between them is not inclined to good so no one has to implicate him, and this makes His mother is proud of him and loves him above her children, as he is the only sane person in the family - for her - who knows what is best for himself.
Thomas seems nervous as he tries to soften Nicholas's cool expression to make a statement and cleverly suggest something to save his children.
Eren on the other hand is nervous, wanting to reassure his parents, and at the same time is silent when he sees Carl's happy expression as he hums to different tunes.
Reagan's children are distributed, each one on one side watching the movements of Erin and Carl, ready at any moment to carry out their mission to earn money to help their father save money for their mother's treatment!
On the other hand, the brothers X and Y are nervous about Irina's disappearance, neither are they the ones who disclosed her disappearance with Thomas nor are they the ones who know where to find her, X blames Y for not sealing the ways to escape and that if he killed her it would have been better, and Y swears it's impossible for her to be She ran away alone, and that one of them had saved her. It could not have been a human who saved her, even from the power of his tightness and their distance from humans.
Poor Irina, sitting in a room in a modest house, eating a pie, looks at the strange young man, sulking, smiling, flapping his wings, looking out the window without making a clear move to her.
Let's start with them...
He walked over to her and sat across from her on the ground and looked at her while she peeked at his lips, and I guessed he wanted to talk.
"You don't look surprised, human, have you visited our world before?"
She put her hair behind her ear and moved her lips, trying to get what she wanted to say.
[Yeah, I love this world more]
"You are strange, what made you love him and prefer him to the human world?"
[I've already lived in it]
He was surprised when she said this, and his eyes widened, changing from his sitting position, as the matter is serious.
"I lived here!? You're human, how did you live here!? I mean, how did I not know about this! Was my sense of smell low!"
She did not answer him, so he seemed confused by this, he decided what to do with this girl! But before he could say a word, I started asking him
[What is your name?]
"You lived here and you don't know that this thing called a name doesn't exist in our world? Are you fooling me?"
[How do I call you then?]
"Prince is enough"
[Are you a prince?]
"Yes, is there any objection?"
[Your home is humble]
"You have already taken our property."
[Do you have brothers?]
"okay"
[Then the title Prince doesn't work, I'll pick a name for you]
"It doesn't matter"
They fell silent after that, and she put her finger on her chin, thinking of a name for him
"Humankind, do you know about the contract between us and you?"
[contract?]
"One of us chooses a human to contract with him."
[Is it something like marriage?]
He giggled at her spontaneity and thinking, but he was satisfied with silence without answering her or explaining to her what he meant.
"Forget about this and tell me why you were kidnapped?"
[I don't know but I think it has something to do with my brother Carl]
He suddenly fell silent when he heard this name, and put his hand over his mouth as if he did not want her to see what he might say without realizing it. Thoughts took him back and forth, and he seemed nervous, looking at her sometimes and at other times looking at nothing.
He didn't say a word, and at last it became clear to him who this girl was, and he came close to her quickly and grabbed her shoulders.
"Listen to me baby, you will stay here for a while, I will check something and come back! Don't let anyone catch you, understand? If one of us or one of you catches you, you will only be in a third world called the realm of death, you will lose your life and your existence in this world or a world Humans, don't go where you are, do you understand!?"
As soon as he finished his words, he hurried outside.
"So what do you say?" Thomas wondered again when he saw the deafening silence on Nicholas' side.
"Are you encouraging me to get my hands on Karl's blood?"
"I don't want to kill Carl, and I don't want to lose Irina, so I don't have anything obvious to do."
"Why don't you choose to kill Carl?"
"I'm just asking the questions, is it because it's your son or just in fear that you'd be the cause of someone's death?"
"second of course"
"Thomas Smith, do you know my children, the sons of Reagan?"
"What's wrong with them?" he asked with interest.
"They didn't listen to you warning them not to approach."
"Do you expose your dear ones?"
"I only tell you that enemies interfere with all of them, your former protection for Carl did not work, and now for your sons it does not work, and with her sons it will not work; you only protected a woman on her sick bed struggling with death."
He looked closely at him, feeling as if some misfortune had befallen him. What was Nicholas saying!
"Let me now." He walked toward the door, intending to get out.
"I'm going," he said quickly.
"again?" Nicholas muttered it.
"Maybe that's the solution, I'll take her and her kids away and force Carl to get away from everyone!" He walked towards the door and had already decided what he intended to do.
"Wait! Thomas! Don't be reckless!" Nicholas came out following him but stopped when Thomas entered his suite and closed the door behind him.
"Fuck..." Nicholas muttered and turned back to Eric.
Eric raised his head to Nicholas and saw his calm expression.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"what?" He said as he walked towards the table where Eric was sitting.
"What is between you and my father?"
"Eric will surprise you, I think things are getting worse and there's no point in hiding anymore."
Eric looked at him in anticipation, waiting for him to say something.
Do you know Carl's mother?
Eric nodded hesitantly.
"she's my sister"
Eric was astonished and suddenly fell silent looking at Nicholas in disbelief, he simply came and went to the man who had been separated from his sister, and looked after his children as if nothing had happened?
No Name - [31] Kindness Thomas!
Time passed quickly for Carl, it was already night and he was walking with Erin and talking about whatever came to his mind, he was surprisingly cheerful for Erin, but he was keeping up with him and trying to avoid talking about what might bother Carl.
"

Well Karl, I think it's Mo..." He fell abruptly when he saw himself and Karl surrounded by Raven and the rest of his brothers.
"It doesn't look like your return will be quick." He smiled as he looked toward Irene, ignoring those trapped around him.
"Okay, I'm sorry for taking on this job," Raven said, looking at Eren and the rest.
"They're already starting to move," said Carl, taking a step back as he looked their way toward Irene.
Irene's phone raised a new contact from Irene's mother!
"What is your goal?" Carl asked calmly as he looked across Irene's screen without answering.
"Just doing a job," Raven simply replied
"Hopeless of you already," said Carl, bored.
He finally answered, enjoying her horrified voice.
"Finally, you answered me, son! Where are you? We worried about you!"
"Hey, uh... what am I calling you this time?"
"You despicable Carl! Where's my baby!"
He looked toward Irene who was trying to resist those around him between hitting and pulling.
"He's in the middle of a quarrel, he can't talk to you, excuse me now I'm going to share it; oh don't forget to tell my father about Eren being with me since yesterday!" He closed the line excitedly and then ran trying to free Irene from them.
The fight dragged on, Karl and Erin's bodies were bruised, while the five sustained no more than a few bruises; Karl and Erin fight with their bare hands.
Carl was trying to catch his breath and at this moment Rex appeared and walked towards them.
"How long are you going to fight?" Rex simply asked.
"You again!" Angels said with a sigh.
Rex slowly advanced and with a quick movement he grabbed Harvey and leaned back, aiming the knife at his neck, causing everyone to be surprised by his speed, and their eyes widened even more when they saw his right eye shining red.
Raven swallowed his saliva while Rex pulled the knife closer.
"Would you hold back from hurting Carl!"
"We didn't come to hurt Karl!" Angels said as he watched Harvey anxiously
A little blood gushed out from Harvey's neck who closed his eyes tightly.
"Believe we came to Irene!" Jasper supported the talk of Los Angeles.
"Leave him we'll leave." Their captain, Raven, decided to push Rex Harvey toward him.